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Graham Square - The Calf

"Animals came from over the horizon
They belonged there & here
They were both mortal & immortal
Each lion was lion & Each ox was ox"

So runs the inscription at the base of this statue of a garlanded calf. It stands in a square that is enclosed on the west by an old stone facade with a new building behind it; the facade bears horned heads, namely, those of a bull and a ram: Link and Link

To the north, another horned head, that of a bearded man, peers down beneath a clock face: Link

The south side of the square is open to the street (the Gallowgate), but a tower on the other side is painted with a black cattle skull and garland: Link

"The Calf" (1998-2000) is one of many public artworks sculpted by Kenny Hunter that are to be found in Glasgow and in surrounding areas; for other works by Kenny Hunter, see: Link

The inscription that runs around around the base was carved by J.B.Kemp, and is drawn from an anthropological text ("Why look at animals?") by John Berger.

The horned heads in carved stone nearby, and the tower with its skull and garland, are much older than this statue.

Taken together, these works give the place a strange sacrificial aura. This seems appropriate: immediately to the north of Graham Square there was formerly an abattoir; in turn, to the north of the abattoir was the cattle market.